George Keltika retired as Head of Arts at Pickering College in Newmarket where he worked as a teacher for 25 years. Originally from Windsor Ontario, George graduated with a B.F.A. in 1979 and then a BEd in 83’. His diverse background includes working as a pictorial artist for an advertisement company, instructing life drawing at St. Clair College (Windsor), to teaching at a northern Ontario First Nations reserve (Sandy Lake). After university, he helped found Windsor’s first and only artist run gallery “Artcite” that is still thriving after 36 years. Although George has been exhibiting his paintings for the past 40 years, retirement has again afforded him new opportunities to immerse himself back with his art and by extension, a community of artists in the region. The colder months find George at his easel painting unconventional interpretations of his local environment. In the summer, he dabbles in traditional plien air sketches in oil. 

Paintings emerge from his studio on an ongoing basis and he has amassed a large body of work. Many of his pieces have sold and are in private collections. George is currently offering his paintings for sale. These are currently viewable in his catalog.